Fantasy Football Today - News, Mailbag and Fantasy Cops (11/20 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: November 20, 2021

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Touchdown. Oh, he's done it again. Now here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, Heath, and Beck. We're going to take you through the latest news and get the fantasy cops out and also read your emails and your Apple podcast questions. Welcome to the Fantasy Football Today mailbag. And Dan Schneier is here. So that means we get to hear his list,

his top 10 list of the best TV dramas ever, which probably is just something like 2002 and beyond based off his favorite comedies list. You'd be surprised. Okay, The Sopranos was before that. And I took so much heat for that Big Daddy pick. I'm still taking heat for that Big Daddy pick, and I stand by that.

Preposterous pick. I stand by that pick. All right, well, you shouldn't. At this point, it should be obvious to you that you shouldn't, but that's okay. I stand by that pick. Alright, well, you shouldn't. At this point, it should be obvious to you that you shouldn't, but that's okay. There's an Easter egg. If anyone notices, there might be an Easter egg in one of my picks. I may have just pointed to it.

You'll see. And what's coming in these top 10 TV dramas? TV dramas. Okay, I don't know. That's maybe Veep or something like that. I don't know. Okay, we will get to that. Yeah, so I don't know. Oh, West uh we'll get to that comedy ad but yeah so i don't know what i don't oh west wing west wing yeah no no i'll give one more look to the camera uh i don't know what it is i am i also may be the only idiot who leaves the tea bag

and after after you steep it are you're supposed to take the tea bag out aren't you you're talking to someone who i've never had i've never had tea really. You've never had a cup of tea in your life? I don't know. Not really. Not really. That's a yes or no question. I've never made one. I've never made one. Put it that way. You've never made a cup of tea in your life? Even when you're sick?

No, and Dan is sick, as you can tell. No, I haven't. It's not my cup of tea. All right, let's talk fantasy football here. Here's some news for you. Dallas Goddard is expected to play. And Rob Gronkowski is expected to play. But that is a Monday thing.

And it's a little risky, I think, with Gronkowski. Because I'm just getting the sense that he might not have his typical role. Even though I don't really know what his typical role is. He hasn't played in a while. But, yeah, do you think that it's an easy start on Sunday? a sense that he might not have his typical role, even though I don't really know what his typical role is. He hasn't played in a while. But yeah, I mean, do you think that it's an easy start on Sunday if we don't know for sure about Gronk to start Gronk? I think as Chris Towers did a good job of breaking down this week for one quick week last week, he's like, maybe tight ends aren't so bad.

And then it's like, nope, nope. We're right back to where we've always been at this position. And, you know, unless you have like one of the, if you have a team that's loaded at tight end and you have a better starter than Gronk or someone who came into the season better and who's producing better, that's fine. But if you're in the situation of,

you know, you're trotting out there, like you're looking at the wire for when's Logan Thomas coming back on fire. You're one of those teams. You should play Gronk because it's a good matchup against the giants. And he, the giants tend to give up points to tight end. So I would think that this is an okay spot for you to take the risk on Gronk because it's a good matchup against the Giants, and the Giants tend to give up points to tight ends.

So I would think that this is an okay spot for you to take the risk on Gronk. Yeah, I think Gronk versus Dan Arnold, that would be tough, and Conklin and all that. If you have Dan Arnold, it's a little different. Yeah, what about if you have Hawkinson? It looks like Tim Boyle is going to start for Detroit. Yeah, we talked a little bit about Hawkinson last night on FFT and five that they'll take a small victory lap for that one,

Adam, but just kidding. All jokes, all jokes aside. Um, yeah, I'd still roll out Hawkinson. I mean,

this tight, the state of the tight end position is just ugly. Yeah. I mean, Hawkinson is, is he's not quite as bad as let's say like big daddy, you know, he's definitely a top 10 tight end. The difference is you have to use a fourth or fifth round pick

to get Hawkinson. You could just watch Big Daddy for free. I like Big Daddy, but definitely Ted Coffey as I prefer. What else we got? Cam Newton. Cam Newton is going to start, but apparently PJ Walker is going to have some type of role in this game. Is that scary off of Cam?

It definitely scares me off of Cam. I'm not huge on cam to begin with i like the way that washington's defense has played as of late it seems like they might be finally coming together after um kind of regrouping there played a great game last week so i cam is not on my short list for this week at one quarterback leagues baker mayfield will start eli mitchell's going to be a game time decision. Curtis Samuel was practicing by the way. I don't know how excited anybody is about that but Curtis Samuel was practicing. Kyler Murray game time decision

and DeAndre Hopkins is out. Alright. Sunday it's week 11 of the NFL on CBS. There are plenty of games with playoff implications including Lamar Jackson leading the Ravens against the Bears and the Bengals battling the Raiders. We'll get you ready for all of the day's action at noon Eastern with JB

and the guys on the NFL today. And that is all this Sunday on CBS. Boy, it seems like you add one wild card and so many games have playoff implications, right? There's some terrible teams that are still in the mix, specifically, especially in the NFC. Especially in the NFC.

The NFC is just gross right now in that seventh wildcard spot. Yeah. And it's so different because I think the NFC has juggernauts. I'm not sure how I feel about Arizona. No, but Green Bay you can feel good about. Tampa you can feel good about. Dallas, I have to say. Dallas you can feel good about. Tampa, you can feel good about. Dallas, I have to say. Dallas, you can feel really good about, unfortunately.

The Rams, I think the Rams, maybe not without Woods, I don't know. But they've lost two in a row, and so have the Bucs, for that matter. But I feel like the top four or five teams in the NFC are better as a whole than the AFC. I would 100% agree with that statement. So who's going to win the Super Bowl? Right now, my pick would be Green Bay

if I had to pick right now. You do. I'm going Green Bay then. I'm going Kansas City, by the way, out of the AFC. I know it's weird given how they've looked this season. I can't trust Josh Allen right now and that Bills team. Their defense is amazing, but I feel like there is a little book right now out on Allen,

and we'll see what happens with that. But you just go into that cover two shell. Well, can't you say that about the Chiefs too? You could say that about the Chiefs, but they found a way around it last week. And the Bills didn't? Against the Jets, yes. The worst pass defense by far in the NFL, sure. I'm not too worried about it.

And they have a much better defense than the Chiefs. And they beat the Chiefs. And the Chiefs are going to have to go to Buffalo this time. Yep, we'll see. Okay, now look, they are the Chiefs. They do have at least one good player. All right, let's get to your Apple Podcast questions here. Thank you so much for these submissions.

Thank you for the reviews you've been leaving. This is from Grant. Dear Simeon Flacco, Locke, and Bridgewater. Flacco? Come on. What do they have at all? Broncos. Oh, just all Broncos.

Okay, sure. Yeah, and they're right-handed. I love the show. I thought I heard Locke at my bed. Go on. Oh, Locke, Locke, yeah. That's what right-handed. I love the show. I thought I heard Lockett. My bad. Go on. Oh, Lock, Lock, yeah. That's what called Lock.

Okay, sure. I'm going to 10-team PPR league. Grade the trade. Rest of season. I give Nick Chubb and Travis Kelsey. I get Najee Harris and Kyle Pitts. Give up Chubb and Kelsey for Najee and Pitts in a full PPR league. Full PPR, it's a little more intriguing because there's an upgrade there with Najee,

but I still wouldn't do it. Travis Kelsey, once again, trending toward tight end one. Never a doubt in my mind. Even the weeks where that offense was slowed down, he was still producing for the most part. He had one bad week. I just wouldn't move Travis Kelsey. I still find him to be a cheat code. I give

this trade a D minus. I do not like it. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I meant to. The grade I'll give is a D. From Elsonian. Hey, Fantasy Cops. I guess I could play the music, I suppose. Yeah, what the? Music's the best part.

Hey, Fantasy Cops. I'm a 12 team... I'm in a 12 team league. I'm the commissioner. Oh, no, no, no. All right, wait. Hey, Fantasy Cops. I'm in a 12 team league

with commish veto only. I know you guys are anti-veto, but look at the trades the commissioner has made. Obviously, I will not return next season, even though currently I'm in first place. I want to hear your professional points of views on these trades.

He gets Lamar Jackson for Robert Woods and Leonard Fournette in the preseason. So he gave up Woods and Fournette for Lamar Jackson. Week two, he gives up Swift for Metcalf. Week four, he gives up Galladay for A.J. Brown.

Week six, he gives up Mixon, Kirk, and the Titans DST for Derrick Henry. Week 11, he gives up A.J. Brown for Dalvin Cook. No, no, A.J. Brown and J.D. McKissick, and he gets Dalvin Cook. Yeah, I'm sorry. You should stay in the league because these trades are fine. Well, the trades were fine

until about week six. Everything was good until about week six when things went off the rails. When, first of all, somebody traded Derrick Henry, which makes absolutely no sense whatsoever and would definitely spark some concern in my mind if anyone's trading Derrick Henry, especially when the return is Joe Mixon and a throwaway.

Joe Mixon, Kirk, and... Sorry, go ahead. Joe Mixon, Christian Kirk, and Titans DST. Is it a good trade? No. Is it a walk away from the league trade? No. It's starting to concern me. I mean, Derrick Henry shouldn't be moved at any point unless it's for the second best player in fantasy at that point.

He was by far and away the best player in fantasy showing no signs of slowing down. Christian Kirk and a defense doesn't move the needle. And then the weirder thing is AJ Brown sell low and then you get Dalvin Cook. I understand Dalvin Cook's a bit of a buy low at that point, but I don't know about that. I mean, none of these are like walk away from the league type trades. No cheat doesn't seem like, but that Derrick Henry trade is a weird one. I would never understand that one.

Yeah, I don't have... I mean, I would not trade Derrick Henry for Mixon, Christian Kirk, and the Titans, but I don't have a problem with these trades. I think they're mostly one. I mean, I think giving up...

What did he do? He gave up Swift for Metcalf. He lost that. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know. I mean, he gave up up and the first trade is just like a one qb league it's not that bad to trade two quality starters for lamar yeah no i think he got he didn't know four net was going to be that was pre-season trade he had no idea four net was going to be what it became but that's also the point that's why we don't like to veto trades unless they're so obvious all right so i'm going to say

uh just relax. Win the league. Go back. Win it again. This is from Big Red. Yeah, there you go. And you should trade with this person who's trading away Derek Henry, by the way. Yeah, well, not right now.

Just in general, look to him for trades. Yeah. All right, in a 14-team PPR league from Big Red, I'm currently in third and I'm six and four. I need to choose three out of four in PPR league from big red. I'm currently in third and I'm six and four. I need to choose three out of four in PPR. McCaffrey, Camara, Najee,

and AJ Dillon. So obviously if Camara doesn't play, you sit him. But if he does play, who are you sitting? McCaffrey, Camara, Najee Harris,

AJ Dillon. Well, first of all, what a position to be in kudos to you. I don't know how you're, I guess I know how you're six and four McCaffrey got hurt, but I'm actually sitting Camara in this spot, even if he plays.

I'm curious if you're different on that, Adam. Even a fully healthy Camara, I'd be sitting here. Yeah. Obviously, I'd start him in almost all circumstances, but McCaffrey, Najee Harris, A.J. Dillon, I'd have over him. Yeah. Yeah.

All right. This is from 11100. Dear Walker, Young, and Stroud. Walker, Young, and Stroud.

These are apparently Heisman Trophy candidates. Okay. Sure. Is Walker the Michigan State running back? Because this guy is so good.

We're going to be talking about him for a while. Let's see. Yeah. Kenneth Walker. Holy cow. He is so good. Oh, Bryce Young out of for a while. Let's see. Yeah. Kenneth Walker. Holy cow. He is so good.

Oh, a Bryce young out of Alabama. Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. CJ Stroud. Okay. Right. Ohio state CJ Stroud. I knew, you know, I should have gotten that.

Um, I'm way off my draft stuff right now. So I don't know what you're, I don't know what your Kenneth Walker is. I'm going to look it up now. He is just freaking phenomenal. And I love Alabama's running back too. He's a beast. I was looking at maybe upgrading a quarterback. I have Jalen Hurts.

It's a redraft league. I'm looking at Mahomes or Allen. The managers of the Mahomes and Allen teams need running back and wide receiver. Would you trade Michael Carter and Jalen Hurts for Mahomes and Allen teams need running back and wide receiver. Would you trade Michael Carter and Jalen Hurts for Mahomes or Allen? I mean, it really depends on your running back situation, how many need to start in this league

and where you're at from a depth standpoint. I'd kind of have to know that, but I don't know if I necessarily see Josh Allen as an upgrade to Jalen Hurts and fantasy the rest of the season. It's crazy to say, but if you kind of look at it and peel this back a little bit, I'm not so sure that right now he's an upgrade. Mahomes, I think, could be an upgrade for the rest of the season if they build on what they showed. But the Raiders are one of the worst defenses, I think, moving forward.

So I'm not so sure even there. So I wouldn't do it personally. I don't, I do think that Allen is a pretty big upgrade over Jalen hurts. I tried to get Josh Allen from you last week in a two QB league. Yeah. You offered a horrific trade. I think it was, I don't think so.

It was like, it was two, two middling players or Josh Allen, wasn't it? It was two players for it. Yeah. It was Wentz middling players for Josh Allen, wasn't it? It was two players for it. Yeah, it was Wentz and... Wentz. Who was it?

It was Wentz and Javante Williams, I think. Okay, I did kind of like that. I offered you a counter, though, and I think you just said that was too much. It was. It's funny because you offered me... You came back. I offered you Wentz and Javante for Allen.

You offered me that same trade, Allen, offered you Wentz and Javante for Allen. You offered me that same trade, Allen, but you threw in Emmanuel Sanders on your side and you asked for Robert Woods back on my side and then Robert Woods towards ACL like two days later after I rejected the trade. Yes. Yeah. Kenneth Walker from Michigan State, by the way,

he is a junior, so I hope we will be talking about him next year in fantasy. From Crosby, talking about him next year in fantasy. From Crosby. Actually, this is Moe in Canada. Keeper PPR League. I get A.J. Brown and Melvin Gordon.

I already have Javante Williams. I give Brandon Cooks and Miles Sanders. Did I do my brother-in-law dirty? Oh, yeah, you did. You definitely did. I mean, Melvin's going to be on a different team, so you can just knock him out. But I mean, Miles Sanders, his value is tanking big time.

I mean, he is under contract cheap, so he'll be there next year. But I don't trust him there at all. And Brandon Cooks, on the other hand, maybe he gets freed from the Texans this off season, but, and he could have some value, but I still think you got the better end of the deal.

What about just this year? Who do you like better? Brown and Melvin Gordon or cooks and Sanders? I still like Brown and Melvin Gordon. I think Brown has by far the highest ceiling. He could buy far and away, give you the best chance of winning the fantasy playoffs. Dude,

we got to talk about this again on the air. You got to lower my volume on your speakers. Oh man is me yeah yeah it's you you're the echo what happened to headphones why don't you wear headphones i do have headphones but they have not been working well on this computer this computer has had a lot of issues lately and we're finally getting a new one from cbs that will will be fixing these problems and hopefully accepting Bluetooth. Oh, okay. That's good. Alright, this is from The Loot Locker. Should we be willing to put more fab

into a player based on how late in the season it is or is it based on how big your league is? So this he wrote a few days ago. I'm seriously considering putting all my remaining fab on Gallman. Oh no, I really hope you didn't do that. Putting all my remaining fab on... Gallman! Oh, no. I really hope you didn't do that.

Because it's week 10, and he might be the last possible starter I can pick up this year at running back from week 11 on. I get the concept of, okay, it's late in the year. Here's a possible starting running back, whether you thought Gallman was that or not.

You obviously did. And then you spend all your fab. here's a possible starting running back whether you thought gallman was that or not you obviously did and then you spend all your fab but that's not how i see it how do you see it what's your fab strad strad i would not do that as well and by the way it's not like it's there's never these late season pickups we've had some examples of week 13 week 14 with league winners always um so i i don't think you should be panicking just yet in doing that. Yeah, actually, I think that if you go into the playoffs

with a lot of fab, you have a huge advantage because you're only competing against a few teams instead of your entire league for players on waivers, players that you can bid on. And if you have twice as much money,

you might be able to get all of the good free agents, basically, and just play keep away. So I would not use it on a guy like Wayne Gallman. It's got to be someone that could really make a difference. This is from Corey. Give Alvin Kamara, Adrian Peterson, and Chase Edmonds. Kamara, Peterson, and Edmonds. Get James Robinson and Eli Mitchell. Kamara, Peterson, and Edmonds. Get James Robinson and Eli Mitchell.

Half people. Kamara, Peterson. You're probably not going to like to hear this, Adam, but I actually like this decision. I do too. I like this move. I'm really low on Kamara the rest of season. Oh, come on.

Why? Yeah. For a lot of reasons. I think he's going to be playing hurt the rest of the year. I think it's a low-ceiling offense with Trevor Sime. I think he's going to be playing hurt the rest of the year. I think it's a low-ceiling offense with Trevor Simeon. But he's been so good. And even if Taysom Hill goes in there, it's still low-ceiling for Kamara

because he's not getting the targets he needs. And we saw that last season. There's really not much of a path for me to get excited about Kamara the rest of the year. The path is very simple. Kamara's been, I think, top six per game, something like that. And last week, Mark Ingram had no

problem. He caught five passes, four or five passes, and he scored a touchdown. He had a good game with Trevor Simeon. Simeon hasn't really been that bad. He might get a little worse. But he's Kamara. He's awesome and he's going to be getting a lot of touches. I don't think he's going to be... That's assuming

he's fully healthy and that's assuming that they don't give Mark Ingram a role now. Now that he's shown he can carve one out, and they re-signed him through next season. Okay. Alright. From Chaz. Dear Leonard, Howard, and Penny.

Penny Hardaway? It's the only Penny I know. Leonard Howard. It's the Big Bang Theory, man. It's the only Penny I know. Leonard Howe. What's with you? It's the Big Bang Theory, man. It's a CBS show. What a bad... Well, CBS. I will reserve my reservations about that show.

I won't say anything about the show. It doesn't matter. You can crap on all you want because that show is awesome. I just... I don't get you. That show is not awesome. That tells a lot about your sense of humor that you think that's funny that show you know you probably don't like any

shows that have laugh tracks no i love seinfeld it's one of the greatest shows of all time hot take right there yeah i mean well you're you're a big bang theory fan like that's really some who is one of the most popular there one of the most popular shows ever. All right, grade the trade in a non-PPR league. Give up Nick Chubb, Jalen Waddell, and TJ Hawkinson. Get Debo Samuel and Eli Mitchell. So it's Chubb, Waddell, and Hawkinson for Debo Samuel and Eli Mitchell. It's non-PPR. Wow.

That's an interesting deal. I think the person wants to capitalize on buying low on Chubb. That's clear. And I think there's some value in that. But I think I'd still take the side that you're getting here because Debo Samuel, I think, still might be the best player overall in this deal. And so you're getting him and you're getting Hawkinson. I personally would take Chubb over Debo, especially in non-PPR.

Rest of season? Yeah, in non-PPR I would. But yeah, it's a good trade. It's a fine trade. Because Waddle is not much in non-PPR. And is Hawkinson? Not really. He hasn't scored since week two.

So yeah, I think it's okay. I can't really believe, Dan, how good Debo Samuel is. I had no idea that he was this good. Yeah, we saw flashes of it, but he's taking his game to a new level this year. Yeah, he's incredible. I saw he's leading the NFL in yards after catch, and that is a running back stat.

Wide receivers don't, I think, I forgot where I saw it, but I think he'd be the first since Demarius Thomas, the first wide receiver to lead the NFL in yards after catch. Incredible stuff. Also incredible is light stream. This is great.

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Landis says, hey, Adam and Dan. In our league, we accidentally set the playoffs to start week 14, not realizing the season was longer this year and that some teams had buys that week in week 14. Someone asked if we should extend the regular season to avoid buys in the playoffs. The majority said yes, but the division leaders both said no and are very upset that we're

considering it. While the Pittman and Taylor owners are saying they're unfairly punished. They have the week 13 buys. What should we do? The week 14 buys. Sorry. What should we do? The week 14 buys, sorry. What should we do? You should obviously extend it.

I mean, come on here. This one's pretty obvious. The two teams that Vex don't want it only because it hurts them, but they know it's still fair to extend it. So yeah. And the majority obviously agrees. Yeah, not only that.

I mean, it's obvious what the intent was here. You are trying to start the fantasy playoffs basically the same week. You just didn't account for the extra week of the season. So this is an easy one, Landis. Extend that regular season one more week and tell those division winners to... What is it?

Pound sand. People say that a lot. Pound sand. Pound sand. No one's ever... People say that a lot pound sand pound sand no one's ever people say that people say it's an old it's an old thing they all like this big bang theory and yali in our in our chat says big bang theory and friends are both overrated great call yali great call no it's a terrible call friends is one of the best shows i watch friends that's kind of one of my uh i'm gonna go to sleep. I'm going to put something on.

What are you, a 15-year-old girl, Adam? No. No, I'm a 37-year-old man who loves Friends. And, you know, they're the only friends I have, Dan. So I appreciate you standing up for our business. Seinfeld for the win.

I love Friends. Good. This is great. See? Yeah, look at this one from Ronald. He says, I love friends. Good. This is great. See? Yeah. Look at this one from Ronald. He says, I love friends,

but he also says, people say pound sand. They do. You're learning a lot today, Dan. Is this really just you typing it on Ronald's account? It might as well be. He's a 39-year-old man

that loves friends, he says. Friends is so overrated. You're overrated, Chase. Thank you, Chase. Without any further ado, let's get to Dan Schneier's top 10 TV dramas, and then we will read your emails. Go ahead.

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everybody. And we've got your emails coming up. But right now, Dan Schneier is going to tell you his 10 favorite TV dramas. Go ahead. Do you want me to count it down 10 to 1, Adam? I think so, yes. Okay. So first, I'll give one more Easter egg as to what you might see. And really, Adam, if you don't know, if you can't pick what it is from seeing this, then you clearly have some of the worst taste in TV that I've ever seen of anyone I've ever met. I think there was profanity on your cup, by the way.

And I think that's a different word. It's I mean, we won't have to say it out loud. It's a different word. It's not spelled. It's spelled differently. But let's get into the top 10 right now. And we'll start with tier three where I have the back end. We'll start with the 10th overall pit, the 10th overall selection.

And it's six feet under. This is an older show. Not many people know of it because it was on HBO before HBO was feet under. This is an older show. Not many people know of it because it was on HBO before HBO was big, but this is an incredible show. Before HBO was big. You are so young. You don't even know what the Larry Sanders show is. I love the Larry Sanders show. It was curb before curb. Larry Sanders show was great. Yeah, HBO was big a long time ago. You know, motels used to advertise HBO.

18 dramas were big on HBO. Then we're going to go ninth overall. It's a surprising pick here. And by the way, the criteria for the top 10 dramas of all time are this. It has to be at least minimum three seasons, and it has to be over right now. It can't be still going on. I like that. All right, I like that.

So number nine overall is The Twilightilight zone, the original twilight zone, some of the best writing in television history, an older show it's black and white, but if you can get through that and it's not, they, they run it back every single year. I think it's believe it's new year's new year's day, new year's night. They'll run like the entire series through one of these channels. You'll find on cable, some of the best writing ever. Some of the most incredible twists you'll find in any television show. Yeah, I enjoy the ride at Disney. Okay. The Tower of Terror.

Number eight, and this could have been one or two. If you had asked me in season six, it would have been one. It was such a pathetic ending to the show. I know where you're going with this one. It's Game of Thrones at number eight. Somehow dropping all the way to tier three for me after almost a guaranteed lock tier one. It didn't seem like it was possible.

This was going to be anything but, excuse me, one or two. But rewatching those seventh and eighth seasons recently, it just completely falls off. Yeah, I don't mind season eight so much. Season seven was terrible. Okay, so we're going. They're both just, how do you end it like that? But Six Feet Under, Twilight Zone, Game of Thrones. Go ahead.

Yep. Final one from Tier 3 is The Shield. Credible ending to The Shield. I won't do any, whoa, are you nodding your head on The Shield? It's number one. Oh, you have it one. Number one. I think it's fair that I might be underrating it because the ending was so good. And I'll do a spoiler free version of these top 10 picks and just say the ending was amazing and perfect for the main character, who, in my opinion, got what he deserved in a different way than you would expect. But throughout the series, just an excellent show. The seasons with Forrest Whitaker are by far my favorite.

And he was just an incredible addition to the show now we go on to tier two mad men comes here at number so 10 9 8 7 6 overall mad men not too much to say there what are your thoughts on mad men never seen it yeah never seen mad men so of these did you saw thrones or no the only ones i've seen so far are Game of Thrones and The Shield. Wow. Never seen Mad Men. Incredible. And here comes another pick coming in at number, what is this going to be?

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 overall. Incredible show. The Americans. Please tell me you've seen The Americans. Nope. Never seen it. Oh my God. The Americans.

Such an incredible show. A newer show. Again, incredible ending there. Coming in at four, or I believe this is four overall. Or five. This is five overall. Deadwood. Where am I at?

Where am I at? This backwards countdown. Deadwood, yeah. Deadwood, yeah. Never seen it. Another one you've never seen, Deadwood. Right. And then The Leftovers.

Have you seen The Leftovers? Yeah, that's probably, that's top five for me, for sure. Easy. The Sopranos. What do we have, only two left? Two left after the Sopranos. I've never seen the Sopranos. Okay.

I've got nine on the list here. One, two, three, four, five. I think I have 11 on this list. What, are you kidding me? Go ahead, yes. Knock off six feet under. All right. Because we have to go to the number one. So we got Breaking Bad. This is the final one of tier two. Yes. Knock off six feet under. All right. Because we have to go to the number one.

So we got Breaking Bad. This is the final one. It's here, too. Okay. And then what's number one overall going to be? As hinted. Here's my take on this show. I think it is the single greatest piece of artwork in American history.

I think that if everyone watched this entire series, they would be better human beings from it. And they'd be more empathetic and it would be a better world. Okay. And that show is The Wire. Oh, The Wire. Oh, yeah. The greatest TV show of all time.

Yeah, it's just a boring version of The Shield, basically. No, actually, it's not. Yes, it is. Much more. It's, I watched The Wire on a flight. I had a long flight. I watched five or six episodes, and I hated it.

I thought it was the most boring show. And then people said to me, well, you got to get through like a season and a half. Like, really? I have to give it that much time? But in all honesty, I really do want to give it another shot because I'm sure it's great. And I will at some point get into it.

Yeah. I think the problem with The Wire is you really need to get to episode seven of season one because in episode no, but it's not because they're bad. The first episode, that's what I watch. So many different characters at you and so many different storylines. Hard to keep up with who's who, who's what. And it kind of just gets it seems boring could be the word used. But maybe, you know, you might not be smart enough to keep up with all the different characters that are being thrown at you in all the different storylines, Adam.

This seems like a pretty good list. This seems like a pretty good list. Some of our listeners might know what this reference is to. Clay Davis. Yeah, this is good. I don't know what my favorites are. Breaking Bad and The Shield. The Shield is one. Kingdom. I don't know if my favorites are. Like Breaking Bad and The Shield.

The Shield is one. Kingdom. I don't know if you ever saw Kingdom. It's an MMA show. It's awesome. It's not quite as, it's very fun and entertaining, but it's not quite as good as the other ones. So that's a top five for me.

Leftovers would be ahead of, so yeah, so that's four. And I, you know, unfortunately for me, I started a lot of great ones that I never finished. There's a show called Damages with Glenn Close and Rose Byrne. That's a great one. Magic City, the first season of Magic City was amazing,

but I think it only had two seasons, so it wouldn't qualify. I really like Billions. I'm not all caught up on Billions. I'm almost there. Shameless is actually really good. I haven't seen all of it. I've seen about 75% of it.

Would that be considered a comedy or a drama, Shameless? I've seen some of it, and then I quit. It's a drama. It's heavy stuff, but funny. I feel like it was repeating itself toward the end, some of the storylines. The last few seasons, I think, have been pretty bad. Yeah.

Yeah, there's some good ones. This is a good list. Good job. Good job, sir. Nice. Game of Thrones, to me... I made up for the Big Daddy extravaganza.

Yeah, Game of Thrones is probably a little too low. You have it ninth, and I don't think that's quite fair. It's the most entertaining, most captivating show I've ever seen,

so it's a cultural phenomenon. But to end it like that, it's just devastating. The ending is terribly ridiculous. All right, let's read your emails. FantasyFoot it like that, it's just devastating. All right, let's read your emails. Fantasyfootball at cbsi.com. This is from Thomas. Gronkowski or Dalton Schultz?

I'm going Gronkowski. There's been a lot of trends recently that don't speak highly to what we're going to get from Schultz the rest of the season. From Thomas. Another one from a different Thomas. I'm a huge McCaffrey fan, and I feel like that's clouding my judgment here.

In full PPR, I give up McCaffrey and Shepard. I get Dalvin Cook, Deontay Johnson, Chase Edmonds, and Tyler Conklin. No. You'd rather have McCaffrey and Shepard? I'd rather McCaffrey. He's right. I mean, he's right to be a big fan. McCaffrey's been,ard? I'd rather have McCaffrey. He's right. I mean, he's right to be a big fan.

McCaffrey's been, by far and away, the best fantasy player when healthy the past few years. Even this week, like before he went out, he would, look at his role. He's getting every single, they're manufacturing touches for him in the passing game week after week. That's not the case for Dalvin right now.

It's not, but Deontay Johnson is so much better than Sterling Shepard. I am. Sterling Shepard, if you look at him in the games, he's been healthy, has been dating back to last season. I think Jacob Gibbs had a really nice pretty much never played. Liking on it has been pretty productive. He's never played with Tony and and Galladay Barkley, like all healthy at the same time. But if he still did get that role of being basically about a 100-catch guy,

then fine. Then keep the CMC side. McCaffrey is probably three to five points better than Cook per game. This is from Vinny in an island that is long. Nice. Yeah, Long Island. I think he's supposed to say on an island yeah he said i've always said

are you do you live in long island they're like no no i live on long island it's a big thing they get really offended when you say live in long island versus on long island all right vinny has a trade question grade the trade give up mclaurin and eli m in full PPR. Get Chubb and Thielen. Done for me. Do it. It's a B+. Canuck Kid from Canada. Do I keep Dawson Knox or do I put in Pat Friermuth and why?

Ooh. I think I like Friermuth if Roth is definitely going to play. I think I'd go Knox if Roth is out. That's where I'm leaning. I don't remember how good the matchup is for Knox. I'm going to look it up. Tight end matchups tend to not really catch in.

Yeah, they're not good against tight ends. I mean, look, Jeff Swaim, touchdown. Ryan Griffin, touchdown. Dan Arnold, 67 yards. That's pretty much what he always does. Mark Andrews, a massive game. Kosicki, 57 yards and a touchdown. Everett, touchdown.

Jordan Aikens, 41 yards. I would say Colts are a pretty good matchup. But yeah, it probably doesn't matter for Knox. He gets four targets, five targets. All right, I'm with Dan. Friar Muth, if it's Ben. Knox, if it's Mason Rudolph. Back to your emails.

Back to your emails. Where are they? Start one from Matt. No, I skipped. All right. I'll go back to Christopher. Remind me. Start one from Matt.

PPR. Ingram, McLaurin, or Gaskin? Ooh. Ingram, McLaurin, or Gaskin? Ooh. Ingram, McLaurin, or Gaskin. If Kamara doesn't play, I think I'm going to go with Ingram here, which might sound a bit surprising. Would you go McLaurin?

I'd go Ingram. I agree with you. Are you going? Yeah. And if Kamara does play, I'd go Gaskin. Okay. Not trusting McLaurin. Not really.

I think Stefan Gilmore is going to cover him quite a bit. Yeah. And I just, I'm tired of making excuses for guys who have had three good games, three great games, you know, and he's not bad enough to sit. It's not like he gets you 20 yards. He'll get you

four for 50, four for six, something like that, but I can get more from that this week from Gaskin. More from Gaskin this week than that. That's a better way to say it. Christopher has a super flex question. Cam Newton, Justin Fields,

or Taylor Heineke? I don't like Heineke in this matchup. I don't really like Cam Newton like everybody else likes him. I don't trust Justin Fields, but I do think Justin Fields has shown a little bit of signs of putting up more points in recent weeks, whether it be two weeks ago with the running or two games ago with the running or last week with his arm. So I'll go Justin Fields and half PBR. I need a flex Antonio Gibson, Adrian Peterson,

Brandon, Iuke or Darnell Mooney. I'm going Gibson in here. I like what I saw from, we talked about this a little bit less on an FFT and five. I like what I saw from Gibson. I feel like they're, they learned last week or they're starting to realize last week.

They need to get him more involved to have a better chance at moving the football. So we'll see. Okay, let's go to Ben from Somerset in England. Hi, Ryder, Marshall, Rubble, Chase, Rocky, Zuma, and Sky.

You know them? I've never been, I've never been good with these one day i'll get better these are giants linebackers oh man that's no i'm just kidding bro i'm just kidding this is paw patrol you shouldn't know that you have no idea okay i'm yelping for help in my 10 team ppr super flex league i need to start two running backs and a flex from this group. Nick Chubb, Saquon Barkley, Eli Mitchell, Miles Sanders, Daryl Williams, Jeff Wilson. We need two. Chubb, Barkley,

Eli Mitchell, Miles Sanders, Daryl Williams, Jeff Wilson. PPR. PPR. I'm going to start with Barkley here. I don't know if you feel like that's a little bit too aggressive. It is. It's too aggressive. I would go Chubb over him. You'd go Chubb over Barkley here. I don't know if you feel like that's a little bit too aggressive. No, it is. Yeah, it's too aggressive. I would go chub over him. You go chub of Barkley and PPR. Yes, absolutely. I don't think it's going to be a training wheels type situation for the Giants with Barkley. I think if he's good to go, he's good to go and he'll be getting his

normal workload. So Jamie made me give a stat line. I think you're getting 14 carries for 52 yards. You need passing game production from him. And I think you should get, you should, you should get it. Yes, you should. I just look,

it's a tough matchup even without Vita Veya. He's not, he hasn't run the ball well this year. When do we, again, it's like the McLaurin things. Like when do I just acknowledge the fact that Barkley has not been a good running, but he's not been an effective running back. He's had tough matchups all year. He's got another one this year, this year. When do we, again, it's like the McLaurin thing. It's like, when do I just acknowledge the fact that Barkley has not been a good running

because he's not been an effective running back. He's had tough matchups all year. He's got another one this year, this week. So I don't know, like

Chubb, Chubb against the Lions has 150 yard to touchdown potential. Well, I would go Chubb and Barkley. It's pick two, isn't it? All right. It is.

Yeah. I mean, in full PPR, I'm fine with that. I think in half PPR, I'd probably go Eli Mitchell over Barkley. Okay. But that's cool.

But we can start a flex. So if we're going Chubb and Barkley, we got Mitchell, Miles Sanders, Darrell Williams, Jeff Wilson. So 49ers running back. Iuke Bateman, Waddle. Oh, Waddle is so interesting. It's Mitchell for me. I don't want to sit Waddle. But I agree.

I'll go 49ers running back. All right. So it's Chubb Barkley, 49ers running back. Um, and all right. Yeah, I'm going to move on from Sean has a dynasty trade question. 12 team PPR dynasty league. Give up Dak Prescott, Jerry Judy, and a 2022 first round pick that is guaranteed to be a top four pick. Okay.

All right, giving up Dak, Judy, and a top four pick in 2022. You are getting Kyler Murray, Mark Andrews, Clyde Edwards-Elair, and a second round pick that will be in the top four. So you're going from Dak to Kyler. You're going from Judy to Mark Andrews

and Clyde Edwards-Elair, and you are dropping down a round in your picks. Losing a first, getting a second. In Dynasty, I think this is pretty close just because of the age difference with Dak and Kyler. If you trust Kyler to stay relevant in fantasy, which I personally do, and with his legs, he'll always be, you know, in that mix for the top quarterback spot. I love Judy. I wouldn't want to move him, but you're getting a solid return there.

I think Clyde Edwards-Alaire could at some point in these next two years, at least before that rookie contract is up, have a big role in Patrick Mahomes offense. You're obviously losing a big, some big draft capital as well. It's close for me. I think I would take the swing, though, just because of the Tyler Dak. But also, sorry, the context here is that he's a top-four team, and his tight ends are Hunter Henry and Dawson Knox.

So this is a play to get Mark Andrews and win this year. So I think you go for it. From Dylan, last question of the day. I heard Heath and Jamie talking about trading Aaron Jones. I am three and seven. I need to win out for a chance at the playoffs. I have Aaron Jones. I traded him and Terry McLaurin for Eli Mitchell, Jeff Wilson, and Tyler Lockett.

In a vacuum, I lose this trade, but considering all the circumstances, I feel like I did the right thing. Might be a good talking point. What do you... I wouldn't do this trade, but I guess given the circumstances, he needs these wins now. Yeah, I think you do it.

Makes some sense. The bigger thing for me is that if you're in this situation where you can... You're going to make the playoffs, you need to find the Aaron Jones manager and see what his or her record is. You know, you need to find the Alvin Kamara manager and see what his or her record is and see if you can pull this off. But I would,

I think this is a good trade for both sides. And thank you everybody for, for being on here. See if I missed any news. Clyde Edwards-Ziller reportedly had a good week of practice. Please go away. I really have a lot of Darrell Williams. James Robinson is questionable.

Just go away for one more week. Aaron Rodgers is going to play. And Khalil Mack is out for the season. Oh, and Akeem Hicks is out. And Alan Robinson is doubtful. Wow. All right. Darnell Mooney, SZN.

Thanks for listening, everybody. Thanks for watching. Thanks for taking part in the TV discussion. Dan, I really would love to rip your part, but you did a great job today. Good job. Had a good list.

Finally, I made up for the Big Daddy disaster. Yeah, well, no, you didn't. But you tried. For Dan Schneier, I'm Adam Azer. We'll talk to you on Sunday morning with a quick five-minute recap of the big news to help you get your lineup set. And we'll see you on YouTube at 11.30 a.m. on Sunday.

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